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... spaces with limited oxygen. Well I decided to ignore the flight monitor and movies, to my surprise when I woke we were 5 hours out of Munich. So far best most comfortable restful flight I have ever had. Well Munich Airport is a monster, took a while to find the Alitalia check in but we managed it, sitting here getting irritated just cause of no shower, shave or change of clothes since 8am yesterday so when I do get a shower it will be 31 hours, not nice to be ...

Big plans to see the Vatican and Sistine Chappell . Steve had a hankering to walk through the Villa Borghese Gardens on the way. A history lesson of these gardens. One of Rome's big **** aristocratic families, the Borghese had a baby who became Pope Paul V in 1605. Naturally they had ties with money and the like of our lustrous tony Abbot, So they could do what ever they liked. Mr B had a ...

... our way to the Pantheon. This was built around AD 120 by Hadrian. It has an amazing dome and is lit by natural light through its 9m oculus. We walked back to our apartment along the river and saw Castel Sant'Angelo across the river. Also built by Hadrian in the second century as a mausoleum it became a Papal fortress in the 6th century. Below it is Ponte Sant'Angelo (bridge) which was commissioned by Hadrian in AD 136. It was lined with Bernini's elegant angels 15 centuries ...

... did we know, it is the actual entrance to the ticket counter. We walked all the way around before deciding to enter. This one good looking guy stopped us earlier and we just ignored him. I actually felt a little bit bad, but it does seem like he was trying to sell us something (which he was). When we came into full circle, he stopped us again and this time we listened to him. He was trying to sell us a tour of the three places we wanted to go to. ...

... train station and down the long walk to get on the train back to Civitavecchia.

Once back at our place we enjoyed a nice dinner at a place right in the square where we are staying. Anita enjoyed spaghetti with tomatoes and basil and Brittany and I both had pasta arrabiata which is very spicy. Arrabiata actually means "angry" in Italian. Perhaps your mouth is angry after you eat the spicy delight! A wonderful day in roaming in Rome.